2005–06 FA Women's Premier League

The 14th season of the FA Women's Premier League. The National Division at the time was expanded to 12 clubs from 10.

National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Arsenal	18	16	2	0	83	20	+63	50	Champions, to European Cup
2.	Everton	18	14	2	2	46	20	+26	44
3.	Charlton Athletic	18	12	3	3	41	13	+28	39
4.	Doncaster Rovers	18	7	2	9	32	34	-2	23
5.	Bristol Academy W.F.C.	18	4	8	6	19	29	-10	20
6.	Birmingham City	18	6	2	10	24	40	-16	20
7.	Leeds United	18	4	6	8	27	36	-9	18
8.	Fulham	18	4	2	12	24	45	-21	14
9.	Sunderland	18	3	4	11	22	57	-35	13	Playoff with Southern Division
10.	Chelsea	18	3	3	12	22	46	-24	12	Playoff with Northern Division

Playoffs

National Division	1st leg	2nd leg	Regional Division Runners-Up
Sunderland (9th Place National Division)	1-3	4-2	Bristol City W.F.C. (2nd Place Southern Division)
Chelsea (10th Place National Division)	3-0	1-1	Liverpool (2nd Place Northern Division)

No relegations.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kelly Smith	Arsenal	18
2	Lianne Sanderson	Arsenal	17
3	Jody Handley	Everton	12
3	Jayne Ludlow	Arsenal	12
5	Eniola Aluko	Charlton Athletic	11

Northern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.	22	20	2	0	55	12	+43	62	Promoted to National Division
2.	Liverpool L.F.C.	22	15	3	4	39	17	+22	48	Playoff with National Division
3.	Tranmere Rovers	22	13	4	5	41	29	+12	43
4.	Lincoln City L.F.C.	22	11	3	8	40	31	+9	36
5.	Nottingham Forest L.F.C.	22	8	6	8	33	30	+3	30
6.	Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C.	22	6	10	6	29	33	-4	28
7.	Aston Villa	22	8	2	12	33	38	-5	26
8.	Newcastle United W.F.C.	22	6	7	9	32	33	-1	25
9.	Stockport County L.F.C.	22	5	7	10	24	31	-7	22
10.	Curzon Ashton L.F.C.	22	4	6	12	27	64	-37	18
11.	Manchester City W.F.C.	22	3	7	12	19	31	-12	16
12.	Middlesbrough L.F.C.	22	3	3	16	18	41	-23	12	Relegated

Southern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Cardiff City Ladies F.C.	22	14	7	1	53	17	+36	49	Promoted to National Division, To European Cup¹
2.	Bristol City W.F.C.	22	16	1	5	51	30	+21	49	Playoff with National Division
3.	Watford L.F.C.	22	14	5	3	59	28	+31	47
4.	Portsmouth F.C. Ladies	22	12	4	6	58	39	+19	40
5.	Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.	22	11	5	6	51	31	+20	38
6.	West Ham United L.F.C.	22	8	4	10	31	33	-2	28
7.	AFC Wimbledon Ladies	22	8	3	11	39	52	-13	27
8.	Reading F.C. Women²	22	7	2	13	34	42	-8	23
9.	Crystal Palace L.F.C.	22	7	1	14	38	52	-14	22
10.	Southampton Saints Girls & Ladies F.C.	22	6	0	16	30	70	-40	18
11.	Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.	22	4	5	13	33	53	-20	17
12.	Langford L.F.C.	22	4	5	13	30	60	-30	17	Relegated

² Qualifies by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.
² Reading FC began an association with women's football when it affiliated with Reading Royals LFC (previously Twyford Comets) in 1988. In May 2006, Reading ended this affiliation and started their own women's team, Reading FC Women.

Winners Southern Division	1st leg	2nd leg	Runners-Up Southern Division
Cardiff City Ladies F.C.	02.11.2005 3-0	06.10.2005 2-1	Bristol City W.F.C.

References

FA Women's Premier League

Northern Division	Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Derby County Leeds United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Sporting Club Albion Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chesham United Coventry United Gillingham Keynsham Town Lewes Portsmouth Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Cup seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2005–06 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference (National, North, South)

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Other events

2006 English football corruption investigation

Club seasons

FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Canvey Island Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & Northfleet Grays Athletic Halifax Town Hereford United Kidderminster Harriers Morecambe Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Tamworth Woking York City

Others	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County

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